Kotulin (Toszek)

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Cotulin
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Kotulin (Poland)
Cotulin
Cotulin
Basic data
State : Poland
Voivodeship : Silesia
Powiat : Gliwicki
Gmina : Toszek
Geographic location : 50 ° 28 '  N , 18 ° 25'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 27 '57 "  N , 18 ° 25' 2"  E
Height : 248 m npm
Residents : 1282 (2008)
Postal code : 44-180
Telephone code : (+48) 032
License plate : SGL
Economy and Transport
Rail route : Pyskowice – Opole
Next international airport : Katowice



Kotulin ( German Groß Kottulin ) is a village in Upper Silesia in the municipality Toszek (Tost) in the powiat Gliwicki of the Silesian Voivodeship in Poland .

geography

Geographical location

Kotulin is eight kilometers west of Toszek , 27 kilometers northwest of the district town of Gliwice (Gleiwitz) and 48 kilometers northwest of the voivodeship capital Katowice .

Neighboring places

Neighboring towns of Kotulin are in the west Balzarowitz (Balcarzowice), in the north Błotnica Strzelecka (Blottnitz) , in the northeast Płużnica Wielka (Groß Pluschnitz) , in the southeast Ligota Toszecka (Ellguth-Tost) and in the south Proboszczowice (Proboschowitz) .

Districts

  • Bliziec
  • Kotulin Mały
  • Nakło
  • Skały
  • Szklarnia

history

View of the place and the church

In the referendum in Upper Silesia on March 20, 1921, 156 eligible voters voted to remain with Germany and 241 for Poland. Groß Kottulin remained with the German Empire . In 1933 there were 1069 inhabitants. On February 12, 1936, the place was renamed Rodenau OS . On April 1, 1938 Rodlingen (formerly Klein-Kottulin) was incorporated into Rodenau. In 1939 the place had 1,458 inhabitants. Until 1945 the place was in the district of Tost-Gleiwitz .

In 1945 the previously German place came under Polish administration and was renamed Kotulin and joined the Silesian Voivodeship. In 1950 the place came to the Katowice Voivodeship . On September 12, 1978, the railway stop was opened in Kotulin. In 1999 the place came to the re-established Powiat Gliwicki and the new Silesian Voivodeship .

Attractions

  • 19th century church
  • Neo-Gothic castle from 1873

education

  • 1 elementary school

Sons and daughters of the place

  • Adolf Brudes (1899–1986), motorcycle and car racing driver.

Web links

Commons : Kotulin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See results of the referendum in Upper Silesia of 1921 ( Memento from January 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive )